Gen. Jose Melencio C. Nartatez, Jr., chief of the Philippine National Police (PNP), has ordered territorial police forces to strengthen coordination with coastal communities following the discovery of more than P22 million worth of shabu in Patnanungan, Quezon. The shabu was discovered and later...
TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — U.S. President Donald Trump warned Iran to open the crucial Strait of Hormuz by his Monday deadline and Tehran called his threat "unbalanced and foolish." The search for a missing U.S. military pilot continued Saturday in a remote part of the Islamic Republic. Trump has...
If the war in the Middle East prolongs and global oil prices continue to skyrocket, the Philippine peso could breach the ₱61:$1 level in the second quarter of 2026 and even hit as low as ₱62 to ₱64 against the United States (US) dollar. “Our base case forecasts for the US dollar-Philippine...
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Iran responded to U.S. President Donald Trump 's address to Americans on the war with new missile attacks targeting Israel and the Gulf Arab states Thursday, underlining Tehran 's insistence that it rejected Washington 's outreach for a ceasefire...
LONDON (AP) — Almost three dozen countries will meet Thursday in an effort to exert diplomatic and political pressure to reopen the Strait of Hormuz, a vital shipping route that has been choked off by the U.S.-Israeli war against Iran. British Prime Minister Keir Starmer said the virtual meeting...
President Donald Trump said U.S. forces will keep hitting Iran "very hard" in the next two or three weeks and bring the country "back to the Stone Ages," even as he touted the success of U.S. operations and argued that all of Washington 's objectives have so far been met or exceeded. Trump...
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump sought on Wednesday to explain his rationale for the war against Iran at a pivotal moment at home and abroad, but he offered few new details as he amasses extraordinary executive authority to prosecute the military operation. The war is fast becoming a...
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump said U.S. forces will "finish the job" in Iran soon as "core strategic objectives are nearing completion," offering a full-throated defense of the war Wednesday night in his first national address since the conflict began more than a month ago. Trump got...
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — An airstrike in Iran’s capital, Tehran, on Wednesday morning appears to have struck inside the former U.S. Embassy compound. The embassy has been controlled by Iran’s Revolutionary Guard since the 1979 hostage crisis. Its all-volunteer Basij force operates...
VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Leo XIV expressed hope that the U.S.-Israel war on Iran could be finished before Easter in remarks to reporters as he left the papal retreat at Castel Gandolfo outside of Rome on Tuesday. “I’m told that President Trump has recently stated that he would like to end...
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — President Donald Trump lashed out Tuesday at allies who have been unwilling to do more to support the U.S. war effort against Iran, telling them to “go get your own oil” and saying it was not America 's job to secure the Strait of Hormuz. The president...
NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) — Skyrocketing oil and gas prices in Europe as a result of the ongoing Iran war won 't return to normal levels any time soon, even if peace is declared tomorrow, the European Union 's energy commissioner warned Tuesday. Commissioner Dan Jørgensen said although...
